2008-01-23

Looks like the 2007 Annual AUGI Salary Survey is all live and raring to go!

AUGIWorld MagazineIn this issue of AUGIWorld I rundown some basic demographics of the AUGI membership, and give average pay by geographic region for job titles and industries, pay by education and experience, along with a little commentary.(download just the survey here)

AUGI's First Official Podcast!In my first-ever podcast, I give a rundown of some industry highlights and give some advice on how to ask for a raise.

And a little extraHead over to the archive pages to find the additional documents that I've posted so far. I plan to add to these a little and will make an announcement here once I've got additional documents ready.

2008-01-21

Will environmental, energy, social climate transform into something very different from what we're experiencing today?

While I'm sure this is an oft-debated topic among some in our industry (design & construction), it's not one I'd spent a great deal of time pondering. Most of us are normally concerned with keeping what we've got and building what we need next with some well-researched, but, quasi-vague concepts of the future of a small area.

The other day, I was cruising around LinkedIn (a professional networking site... that is blocked by my IT guys at work, so you may want to wait until you go home to check it out) when a journalist solicited options on 'What Does the City of the Future Look Like?'

My knee-jerk reaction was that, due to energy concerns, as well as social factors, we'd spread out a little more, reforming into smaller communities.

We'd have an urban hub where shipping, manufacturing, services and transport would be centered, surrounded by many smaller towns. Transport wouldn't be necessary within the communities, because they'd only be a few blocks long, and you could walk to any local merchants, or take a train into the service hub.

On the train into the larger city, you'd pass by wind and solar farms, where energy is generated for your ride, as well as for your home; in addition to other community bubbles.

What about working, I don't want to take the train in every day?Well, that's no problem since all white collar jobs have been reorganized to be telecommuting positions. Virtual meetings will be virtually indistinguishable from the real thing due to cameras, projectors and microphones.

2008-01-18

When reading the local paper today, I happened to notice an interesting job solicitation listed in the sidebar:When I shared this find with my pals and expressed a little baffled amusement, my friend, Sam, states the obvious employment expectations 'Must be able to Fix drinks'.

That means that they will no longer be eligible for upgrades, you'd have to buy a whole new seat the next time you want a new version, and new updates/fixes won't be posted on the Autodesk website for them (you'll still be able to find and download existing updates though).

I first saw mention of the episode on the Post Dispatch's website, StLToday.com, in a story titled 'Barging In'.

Times like this almost make me wish I had cable. But, let's face it, I don't get away from the pc enough to watch enough television to make the expense worth it.If I really feel the need to veg, I can just pull up joost.

2008-01-10

Awhile back, there was a problem during the Blogger upgrades, where most of my posts and all of my tags and new formatting went missing.

Blogger, wonderful folks that they are, restored my posts, but, not the rest of my changes. I had gone back to re-tag many of my posts, and my husband redid my site formatting.

But, any posts that hadn't been edited do not have any tags or the new tools (such as an 'email this' and 'subscribe to this post' and 'search for related content in this sphere'). So, I am going back and republishing each post to enable these capabilities.

I sincerely apologize if this causes them to be resent to my email subscribers (I'm not sure if those are sent out upon publishing/re-publishing, or upon initial posting), please bear with me. I believe I'm almost halfway through the update at this point.

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About Me

A little more about me...

I work in Facilities-Management as an Archibus System Administrator (CAFM/CMMS) for a financial services institution, helping my users be the best stewards of post-construction assets as they can be. Although, I spent the first 13 1/2 years of my FM career in Engineering (MEPFP) for a medical facility.

I began this blog because I love AutoCAD and Revit MEP and wanted to share that with local users.

I am also a Freelance Writer and Technical Editor (articles, web, podcasts and textbooks).

*AUGI* I joined the Autodesk Users Group International at AU 2001. I run the Annual Salary Survey, and was recently reelected to serve on my second term on the Board of Directors.